The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 878
CARL BERGSTROM.
Carl Bergstrom has been a resident of Yakima county only since 1910 but in the
intervening period has made for himself a most creditable place as a successful
rancher whose well directed industry is crowned with substantial prosperity. He
was born in Sweden, November 14, 1884, a son of Carl and Charlotta Bergstrom,
who are still residents of Sweden, where the father has always devoted his life
to farming. Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, Carl Bergstrom
became familiar with the best methods of carrying on farm work according to
Swedish standards and also acquired a public school education. He was a young
man of about twenty-six years when in 1910 he arrived in Yakima county, having
resolved to try his fortune in the new world, for favorable reports had reached
him concerning its opportunities and advantages. he first purchased five acres
of land under the Tieton ditch and planted this to orchards.
He sold that property in 1918, but in 1912 he had invested in forty acres on
Ahtanum Heights and had taken up his abode upon that place. He is now engaged in
the raising of grain, hay and potatoes and annually gathers good crops. for he
keeps his soil in excellent condition, wisely employing the use of fertilizers
and otherwise developing his fields, so that he annually gathers large
harvests. He likewise raises cattle and hogs and this branch of his business is
also proving profitable. That he is interested in the horticultural
possibilities of the state is indicated in the fact that he has planted six
acres to apples. He has also extended the boundaries of his ranch by the
purchase of twenty acres additional and now has sixty acres in all. The ranch is
owned, however, by himself and his brother, who are associated in all their
business undertakings.
The brother is G. H. Bergstrom, who was born in Sweden on the 15th of
September, 1888. Like the elder brother, he was there reared and educated and
in 1909 he arrived in Yakima county.
Throughout the period of their residence here the brothers have engaged in
ranching together, the labors of the one ably supplementing and rounding out
the efforts of the other. They constitute a strong firm and their business is
being most profitably carried on.
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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.